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  • Eberhardt describes catalyst systems formed by combining 1) certain nickel halide phosphine complexes, e.g., (R P) NiCl with (2) hydrocarbyl aluminum halides, which catalyst systems are active for dimerizing olefins.
  • the present invention provides an improvement in the formulation and utilization of catalyst systems involving these types of components, whereby high activities can be secured with less expensive solvents.
  • This invention relates to the dimerization and/or codimerization of olefin hydrocarbons by means of highly active catalyst compositions made from a certain type of nickel (II) complex.
  • these catalyst systems are prepared by combining the catalyst components in a suitable solvent and then utilizing the resulting solution as the medium in which the olefin feed, e.g., propylene, is reacted. While a hydrocarbon such as benzene or toluene can be used as the solvent, the resulting catalyst has relatively low activity.
  • halobenzenoid hydrocarbons e.g., chlorobenzene
  • the use of such halogen-containing hydrocarbons as catalyst solvent and medium for the dimerization reaction is taught to be essential for securing high catalytic activity.
  • the present invention constitutes a specific improvement in the formulation and use of catalyst systems of the kind disclosed in the aforesaid patent application.
  • Preparation of the catalyst involves use of the same two types of components, i.e., the same nickel halide phosphine complexes and the same Lewis acids in the same proportions.
  • the catalyst is formulated in a way so that the use of an expensive solvent, such as chlorobenzene, as the dimerization reaction medium is minimized while still securing the desired high catalytic activity.
  • the solvent in which the catalyst is contacted with the olefin feed is composed at least mainly of liquid hydrocarbon, but nevertheless the catalyst exhibits extraordinarily high activity for effecting dimerization and/or codimerization of olefins.
  • the hydrocarbon solvent with which the pre-formed catalyst is admixed is the feed olefin itself which is to be dimerized, the same being used in liquid form as the solvent. This eliminates the need for having to supply any other hydrocarbon material as solvent.
  • Catalyst systems prepared according to the invention have particular utility in the dimerization of propylene mainly to either dimethylbutenes or methylpentenes depending upon the nature of the hydrocarbyl groups in the phosphine moiety of the catalyst.
  • the invention thus provides, for example, a means of converting propylene into 2,3-dimethylbutene which can be hydrogenated to 2,3-dimethylbutane, an especially valuable component for motor fuel of high antiknock quality.
  • nickel halide phosphine components of the present catalysts are coordination compounds of nickel (II) corresponding to any of the following formulas:
  • R in all of these formulas represents any hydrocarbyl radical having 1-30 carbon atoms selected from the group consisting of alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkenyl, aryl, aralkyl and aralkenyl. While the R groups can have an important influence on the structure of the dimer product depending on the type of R group present in the coordination complex and also can have an influence withrespect to degree of solubility of the resulting catalyst, any R group (or groups) as above specified is (or are) operative for preparing catalyst systems in accordance with the invention.
  • the R groups in the coordination complex employed can be the same or different hydrocarbyl radicals. Of the four types of coordination complexes shown Type A generally is preferred.
  • the second component of the present catalyst system is a Lewis acid which is a hydrocarbyl aluminum halide.
  • These Lewis acids include hydrocarbyl aluminum dihalides, hydrocarbyl aluminum sesquihalides and dihydrocarbyl aluminum halides, wherein the halogen is chlorine or bromine.
  • the Lewis acids are of the group RAlX R AI X and R AlX', wherein X is chlorine or bromine and the Rs again are any hydrocarbyl radicals having l-30 carbon atoms selected from the same group as specified above for R.
  • the catalyst is pre-formed in accordance with the invention by bringing together the two catalyst components while dissolved in a relatively small proportion of a liquid halogenated benzenoid hydrocarbon having 1-2 halogen atoms attached to the benzene ring.
  • a small amount of the olefin to be dimerized or of other dimerizable olefin is also present at the time of bringing the catalyst components together to aid in activating the catalyst.
  • the proportion of Lewis acid component used relative to the nickel coordination complex should be such that the Al:Ni atomic ratio is in excess of 2:1 and preferably is at least 10:1, e.g., in the range of 10:1 to 100: 1. Larger proportions of the Lewis acid are not detrimental. Excess Lewis acid can act as a scavenger for catalyst poisons, such as moisture and oxygen, which may be present in the system. A large excess of the Lewis acid also is particularly important when an iodide of nickel has been used to prepare the coordination complex (i.e., where X is iodine), as development of the active catalyst depends upon chlorine or bromine being interchanged with iodine upon addition of the Lewis acid. A large excess of the Lewis acid aids this interchange.
  • the temperature at which the catalyst is pre-formed by bringing the com onents together in the halogenated benzenoid hydrocarbon medium has an influence on the activity of the resulting catalyst.
  • This temperature generally should be in the range of to 150 C. and more preferably 20 to 80 C.
  • the catalyst activity generally increases as the pre-forming temperature increases up to about 150 C.
  • increasing temperature in the preforming step tends to lower catalyst selectivity and increase production of methylpentenes in the subsequent dimerization step.
  • an exothermic reaction results due to dimerization of the olefin.
  • cooling of the mixture by external means usually is desirable while the catalyst is being preformed.
  • the solvent in which the catalyst components are brought together, preferably in the presence of a small amount of olefin, to pre-form the catalyst is a liquid halobenzenoid hydrocarbon.
  • the preferred solvent is chlorobenzene.
  • any other halobenzenoid hydrocarbon containing one or two halogen atoms attached to the benzene ring and which is liquid at the operating temperature can be used. This includes monohalo and dihalo aromatics in which the halogen is chlorine, bromine, fluorine or iodine and is attached to the benzene ring.
  • bromobenzene bromobenzene; fiuorobenzene; iodobenzene; 1,3-dibromobenzene; 1,2- or 1,3-dichlorobenzen; 2- or 3-bromotoluene; 2- or 3-chlorotoluene; 2- or 3-fiuorotoluene; 2,5-
  • the hydrocarbon solvent can be any inert hydrocarbon that is normally liquid or that can be maintained as a liquid at the conditions under which the dimerization reaction is effected, examples being n-butane or isobutane, pentanes, hexanes, octanes, benzene, toluene, xylenes and the like. It is often desirable, however, to utilize the feed olefin in liquid phase as the solvent for the dimerization reaction mixture.
  • the catalyst preformed in a relatively small amount of chlorobenzene can then be added to a relatively large volume of liquid propylene which functions both as solvent and as the monomeric feed.
  • the catalyst has been preformed in chlorobenzene, the presence of chlorobenzene in the final reaction mixture is not essential.
  • the proportion of the nickelphosphine coordination compound added to the chlorobenzene typically is such that the nickel concentration is from 0.1 to 10 millimoles Ni per liter of solution.
  • the catalyst is admixed with a relatively large volume of hydrocarbon solvent such that the nickel concentration during the dimerization reaction typically is in the range of 0.05 to 0.0005 millimole Ni per liter of solution. Accordingly the amount of chlorobenzene needed for practicing the invention is small compared to the volume of final reaction mixture.
  • exceed feed olefin can function as the solvent in the dimerization reaction, overall solvent costs for the process become practically negligible.
  • Catalyst systems prepared as described above can be used for converting monoolefins to oligomers which are mainly dimers of the starting olefins. Any such olefins, whether being terminal or internal olefins, can be made to dimerize and/ or codimerize by means of these catalysts, provided that the olefin has its double bond between two carbon atoms neither of which is attached to more than one carbon atom. This applies to straight chain and branched aliphatic olefins as well as to cyclic olefins.
  • the present catalysts can be employed for converting to oligomers (mainly to dimers) any monoolefin in which the double bond is between carbon atoms that have no side substituent such as a methyl group or higher side chain.
  • the catalysts are particularly useful for effecting the dimerization or codimerization of C -C aliphatic monoolefins; such as the following: ethylene; propylene; butene-l; butene-2; pentene-l; pentene-2; pentene-3; 4-methylpentene-l; 3,3-dimethylbutene-1; 3,4-dimethylpentene-l; octene-l; 2,5-dimethylhexene-3; 4-ethylhexene-2; nonenes; etc.
  • Examples of other olefins that can be made to dimerize by means of the present catalysts are dodecenes; cetenes; eicosenes; docosenes; cyclopentene; cyclohexene; methylcyclohexenes; dimethylcyclohexenes; and cyclooctene; in all of which olefins the carbon atoms forming the double bond have no side substituents.
  • codimerization will occur as well as dimerization.
  • dimerization it is intended to include codimerization as well if the olefinic charge material contains more than one olefin component.
  • the dimerization reaction can be carried out by contacting a monoolefin as above specified or a mixture of such olefins with a hydrocarbon solution of the preformed catalyst at a temperature in the range of 100 C. to 200 C., more preferably 50 C. to 100 C.
  • the rate of dimerization at any selected reaction temperature will depend upon the particular olefinic charge employed, and will vary inversely with the molecular weight of the starting olefin. The rate also will depend upon the accessibility of the double bond for contact with the catalyst species. In any event the present catalysts are highly active even though the catalysts are employed in a predominantly hydrocarbon medium.
  • typical reaction rates at 0 C. are of the order of 50-1000 kg. of product/hr./g. of Ni.
  • the reaction product is preponderantly the dimer and/ or codimer, or in other words is product resulting from the combination of two molecules of charge olefin per molecule of product.
  • minor amounts of higher molecular weight olefins usually are also obtained, perhaps due to interaction of dimer or codimer product with additional charge material or with itself.
  • the amount of these higher boiling products can be held to less than 25% by weight of the total olefin reacted.
  • the manner in which two molecules of the starting olefin combine to yield the dimer will depend upon the particular R groups in the phosphine component, i.e., the R P moiety, of the catalyst system.
  • R groups in the phosphine component i.e., the R P moiety
  • the dimerization reaction takes place mainly as follows:
  • R groups which impart an electrondonating character to the R P moiety such as isopropyl, t-butyl, cyclopentyl or cyclohexyl, tend to cause 2,3-dimethylbutenes to be the main product.
  • the dimerization reaction proceeds mainly as follows:
  • the invention allows different specific dimers to be obtained as the major product by appropriate selection of the R groups for the phosphine which forms the R P moiety.
  • R groups for the phosphine which forms the R P moiety.
  • R group types in the order generally exhibited for decreasing electron-accepting ability: aryl; 'aralkenyl; aralkyl; alkenyl; cycloalkenyl; saturated hydrocarbon group (alkyl or cycloalkyl) attached to the phosphorous atom through a primary carbon atom; and saturated hydrocarbon groups attached to the phosphorous atom through a secondary or tertiary carbon atom.
  • this order is subject to variation depending upon the specific hydrocarbon groups involved.
  • an aralkyl group in which the alkyl moiety is long or an alkenyl group where the double bond is remote from the carbon atom attached to the phosphorous atom can cause the catalyst to function in substantially the same way as if it were prepared from a phosphine in which the R groups are alkyl.
  • the present catalyst in addition to elfecting dimerization, can also cause isomerization of the double bond in the olefinic product and to some extent in the starting olefin.
  • the position of the double bond in the dimer product will depend upon the specific conditions under which the reaction is carried out and particularly the length of time at which the dimer is allowed to remain in contact with the catalyst system.
  • the main dimer initially formed is 4-methylpentene-2; but if this is allowed to remain in contact with the catalyst for substantial time, it tends to isomerize to other methylpentenes.
  • the main initial dimer is 2,3-dimethylbutene-1, but continued contact of this product with the catalyst tends to cause isomerization to 2,3-dimethylbutene-2. Prolonged contact of the product with the catalyst system after the charge olefin has been consumed can also cause part of the product to dimerize and yield products of still higher molecular weight.
  • the reaction temperature for producing this particular dimer preferably is below 25 C., e.g., 0 C. or lower, since the selectivity for its production from propylene tends to become poorer as temperature in creases. On the other hand the rate of production of total oligomer tends to increase with increasing temperature.
  • the present catalysts cannot be used in the presence of highly polar compounds. Solvents which have high dipole moments, such as alcohols, ketones, esters, amines, dioxane and tetrahydrofuran, would irreversibly coordinate with the nickel and deactivate the catalyst and hence must be avoided. Air or oxygen likewise should be excluded from the system. Solvents employed and olefin feedstocks should be substantially anhydrous.
  • nickel coordination complex of types A, B, C or D as above specified is first prepared.
  • Such nickel halide phosphine complexes are known and are described in Advances in Inorganic and Radiochemistry, vol. 6, pp. 27-30, Academic Press (1964). They can be made by dissolving the chloride, bromide or iodide of nickel (II) in an alcohol and adding a stoichiometric amount of the phosphine.
  • the coordination complex forms readily and precipitates, and it is recovered by filtering the mixture and drying the residue.
  • Type A NiC1 +2(triphenylphosphine) bis(triphenyl phosphine)nickel chloride
  • Type B NiCl +2(diphenylphosphine)+bis(diphenylphosphine nickel chloride
  • Type C NiCl +l,2-bis(diphenylphosphine)ethane 1,2-
  • bis(phenylphosphine)ethane nickel chloride The bis-phosphines used in preparing the complexes of types C and D are chelating phosphines and the resulting chelate complexes likewise are known compounds as can be seen from the reference referred to above.
  • Use of the so-prepared coordination complex in the catalyst preforming step involves dissolving same in anhydrous chlorobenzene in amount such that the nickel content of the resulting solution is from 0.1 to l0 millimoles per liter, preferably 0.5-5 millimoles/liter.
  • the solution is preferably purged with a stream of dry nitrogen ot remove any dissolved oxygen, following which a small amount of the olefin to be dimerized is admixed with the solution.
  • gaseous propylene at a pressure of say mm. Hg above atmospheric is contacted with the solution until the latter becomes saturated, thus providing the small amount of olefin that is desirable for facilitating activation of the catalyst.
  • the Lewis acid which is preferably an alkyl aluminum sesquichloride or sesquibromide, is then added while the mixture initially at about room temperature is being stirred.
  • the proportion of Lewis acid to the nickel compound is such as to provide an AlzNi atomic ratio above 2:1 and preferably of at least 10:1.
  • the mixture preferably is cooled, if necessary, to keep the temperature below 80 C. and preferably below 35 C. when the catalyst is to be used for making 2,3-dimethylbutene from propylene.
  • the catalyst typically has a bright yellow color.
  • the preformed catalyst system is then added to a relatively large volume of hydrocarbon in which the dimerization reaction is to be effected.
  • the amount of hydrocarbon solvent with which the catalyst solution is admixed is such that the resulting nickel concentration will be in the range generally of 0.05 to 0.0005 and most typically of 0.05 to 0.005 millimole Ni per liter.
  • the hydrocarbon solvent as previously described, either can be an inert hydrocarbon such as n-heptane or toluene or can be the feed olefin used in excess amount in liquid phase.
  • the dimerization reaction is effected merely by causing the olefin monomer to contact the soluble catalyst at any selected temperature in the range of -100 C. to 200 C.
  • a temperature in the range of 50 C. to 100 C. generally is preferred.
  • sufiicient pressure and also adequate agitation are used so that the gaseous feed will rapidly dissolve in the solution so as to maintain an adequate concentration thereof as the reaction proceeds.
  • propylene is the feed olefin and the desired dimerization product is 2,3-dimethylbutene, it is generally best to conduct the reaction at a relatively low temperature such as -10 C.
  • the remaining run represents the invention and involved pre-forming the catalyst in a small amount of 100% chlorobenzene and then adding the solution to a large volume of n-heptane so that the resulting solvent mixture contained only 12% chlorobenzene by weight at the beginning of the dimerization reaction step.
  • Runs 1 through 6 the nickel complex was bis(triisopropylphosphine)nickel chloride and the Lewis acid was (Et)
  • A1 Cl Runs 15 were carried out in the following manner.
  • a 250' ml. flask provided with a magnetic agitator, means for cooling, temperature indicating means, and means for applying and maintaining a regulated pressure of propylene in the flask was used.
  • the flask first was charged with 60 ml. of a 0.0004 molar solution of the nickel complex in solvent having the chlorobenzene content shown in the table, and then nitrogen was bubbled through the solution for minutes to effect deaeration. Propylene pressure of 100 mm. Hg above atmospheric pressure was next applied,
  • Run 6 was carried out in generally the same way as Runs 15 except that the same quantity of bis(triisopropylphosphine)nicke1 chloride was dissolved in only 7 g. of 100% chlorobenzene and no additional solvent was present when the (Et) Al Cl was added. Again the system was deaerated, propylene was applied to a pressure of 100 mm. Hg and the same amount of Lewis acid was added to give an AlzNi ratio of 20:1. Immediately after reacting the catalyst components in the chlorobenzene medium, the mixture was diluted with 53 g. of n-heptane and the dimerization reaction again was conducted at 0 C. The chlorobenzene content of the solvent thus was about 12% by weight at the start of the dimerization and, of course, continuously decreased during the run as dimerization product was formed.
  • Runs 1-6 Data for Runs 1-6 are shown in the table and are plotted in the accompanying drawing.
  • the products in all of these runs were composed of -90% hexenes and 1025% nonenes, and the C fractions thereof were composed of 7587% 2,3-dimethylbutenes and 13-25% methylpentenes, percentages being by weight.
  • the high 2,3-dimethylbutene content of the product is typical when the R groups of the phosphine moiety of the catalyst are isopropyl or other saturated electron-donating R groups as previously explained.
  • the drawing shows reaction rates for Runs 16, expressed as kilograms of oligomer product per hour per gram of nickel in the catalyst, plotted against the Weight percent of chlorobenzene in the liquid dimerization medium at the beginning of the dimerization reaction.
  • the curve represents the results for Runs 1-5 where the catalyst was formed in situ in the dimerization solvent. It can be seen that a high reaction rate is obtained when the solvent has a high content of chlorobenzene but that the rate drops off sharply as the chlorobenzene content decreases.
  • Run 6 represented by the single point, shows that if the catalyst is preformed in chlor0- benzene it can then be used in a predominantly hydrocarbon medium and remarkably high reaction rates still will be obtained.
  • the rate of 250 kg. of product/hr./g. of Ni found in Run 6 is typical of rates obtainable in oligomerizing propylene at 0 C. according to the invention.
  • EXAMPLE 7 This run is an embodiment of the invention wherein propylene is dimerized utilizing excess liquid propylene at its boiling point (about 44 C.) as the dimerization solvent.
  • the catalyst was pre-formed by dissolving 0.02 millimole of triisopropyl phosphine nickel chloride in 20 g. of chlorobenzene, deaerating the solution, saturating the same at room temperature with propylene at 100 mm. Hg pressure, and adding thereto while stirring (Et) Al Cl in amount such that the AlzNi ratio was 20:1.
  • Et stirring
  • the mixture was introduced into a reaction flask containing 300 ml. of anhydrous liquid propylene at its boiling point.
  • the flask was equipped with a reflux condenser cooled with Dry Ice and a magnetic stirrer, the arrangement being such that air was excluded from the system.
  • the dimerization reaction began immediately upon addition of the preformed catalyst and was continued for 69 minutes. Thereafter the product amounting to 150 g. was recovered from the excess propylene and analyzed. It had about the same composition as the product of Run 6.
  • the average rate of reaction was calculated to be 109 kg./hr./g. of Ni.
  • COMPARISON EXAMPLE 9 This example is included for purpose of comparison and shows dimerizing in solvent which is mainly excess liquid propylene but utilizing the prior technique of forming the catalyst in situ in the dimerization solvent.
  • the starting solvent was a blend of 100 ml. of liquid propylene and 50 m1. of chlorobenzene, maintained at its boiling point at atmospheric pressure in a reaction flask equipped as in Example 7.
  • a quantity of (Et) Al Cl was added while stirring the mixture and then 0.016 millimole of triisopropyl phosphine nickel chloride was admixed therein and stirring was continued.
  • the atomic ratio of A1:Ni was about 40. After 88 minutes the reaction mixture was worked up, and it was found that only 18 g. of oligomer product had formed. The corresponding reaction rate was calculated to be 14 kg./hr./g. of Ni.
  • step (a) is carried out by first dissolving said coordination complex in the relatively small volume of liquid halogenated benzenoid hydrocarbon and then admixing said Lewis acid with the resulting solution in the presence of a small amount of the olefinic hydrocarbon.
  • step (a) is carried out at a temperature in the range of 20 to C. and step (c) at a temperature in the range of 50 to C.
  • step (b) is said olefinic hydrocarbon.
  • step (a) Process according to claim 1 wherein the catalyst is pre-formed in step (a) by bringing together the coordination complex and the Lewis acid in a monohalobenzene solvent and in the presence of a small amount of said olefinic hydrocarbon.
  • step (a) is carried out at a temperature in the range of 20 to 80 C. and step (c) at a temperature in the range of -50 to 100 C.
  • step (b) is said olefinic hydrocarbon.
  • step (a) Process for dimerizing propylene in accordance with claim 1 wherein the catalyst is preformed in step (a) by bringing together, in a monohalobenzene solvent, in the presence of a small amount of propylene and at a temperature in the range of 20 to 80 C., said coordination complex and the Lewis acid in amounts such that the AlzNi atomic ratio is at least 10:1 wherein in step (b) the so-formed catalyst is admixed with a relatively large volume of liquid propylene, and wherein the temperature in step (c) is in the range of 50 to 100 C.

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